Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’

Pic >1k words: U.S. Health Care Ineffectiveness

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

In case it isn’t clear to you, this graphic recently published by National Geographic shows that the U.S. spends the most on health care yet receives little treatment and has a negative correlation to life expectancy.  On the contrary, a country like Japan spends less money than average, accumulates more time receiving medical care, and has an excellent life expectancy.  Basically, in my humble opinion interpretation, U.S. healthcare == FAIL.

Healthcare Worldwide Spending, Visits, and Life Expectancy